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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
3
Local residents from Booneville, Ripley, and Tupelo visit Iuka. college students Buell Rutledge and Roy Hubbard return home for summer. Miss Janie Elkins from Mt Hope visits. Civic league meets at Leatherwood Hotel Friday 4 PM. Ads promote Massey Bros chicken and egg buys. A wedding at Miner Valley Springs Hotel unites Charlie Dean and Mildred Blackburn in Tuscombia. Fire damages J R Gravette residence but contents saved with $1000 insurance.
Mrs E L Moore of Memphis says Tanlac transformed her two year rundown condition. She reports appetite return, headaches vanished, weight gain of ten pounds, and renewed energy to do housework. Tanlac sold by leading druggists. Also notes visitors from Memphis, a 1918 Ford for sale, and a registered Durvive Jersey male ready for service.
Presbyterian Church invites worshippers with Sabbath School at 9 45 a m Supt Prof F Howard Morning service at 11 o clock with theme Remember the Christ Evening service at 3 30 p m The Unchangeable Christ E P Crappock extends cordial invitation Also an advertisement offers a six room residence in Inka newly painted with electric lights and a lush garden ready for immediate move in Apply at Vidette office Massey Bros advertise highest price for your produce
Notice lists reduced prices for Tam shoeing one pair at 1.10 two's 1.20 three's 1.25 four's 1.50. D T Beatricut general blacksmiting Iuka Miss offers 3.00 cash or 3.00 per month to send the Singer sewing machine to your home Singer Sewing Machine Co Corinth Miss.
For Sale four 70 saw Pratt gins and saws tuned one season plus cleaner feeders fans pullies and related parts. Bargain terms available. Call or write Herbert C. Harris 38 31 Cherokee Ala. Also buying four fryers and roosters Massey Bros.
June 2 1919 in Tishomingo Mississippi a large audience attended Highland singing. Prof H Howard of Iuka visited and offered the Book of Knowledge reference set for schools with several purchases including the Agricultural High School. Mrs Lawrence Hollandsworth of Rienzi visited. The local Dramatic Club will present The Call of the Flag by the author of Standing By at the Agricultural School Building June 7 at 8 p.m.
A health officer writes urging neighbors to kill or muzzle suspected dogs during a quarantine. He calls for immediate enforcement, including leading offending dogs with a leash or using poison pills, and vows to defend prosecutions of offenders while pressing residents to protect children.
A crowded boastful note touts Will Brown prices as unbeatable and promises to undersell all rivals with aggressive marketing. The piece also mentions McGaughy’s killing in negro town near Tishomingo, a suspect Hose Martin led to Luka jail, and local business promotions including Singer Sewing Co. and Kodak film offers from Franklin Studio in Birmingham.
All pupils who failed to reach full grade in any subject may take August exams to make up and be promoted. No summer grade exams. Promotions follow the school elog é. Eight F Howard Supt. School. Also local ads note higher prices for produce, Rub-My-Tism pain killer, Woodman Circle guardian Mrs Annie Watta visiting Luka and Burnsville, and local builder Clyde M Comer offering job and repair work.
Route 3 News reports a quiet week with numerous visits among locals. Mr and Mrs Jesse Page visited Mr Dan Yarber and family, while Albert Rhodes called on Andrew Dailey and kin. Lawrence Curtis stayed with relatives in Russellville, Grav el Siding folk visited Geo Crouse, and Mollie Yarber and Eula Yarber shared a weekend in Harmony. Pearl Brown visited relatives, and Mat Cornelison called on Dan Yarber. Mack Hardwick returned home from overseas as the community greets returning servicemen.
Farmers Warehouse run by T. My McDonald advertises staples for farmers including sugar 10 pounds at 3.00, alfalfa hay, sweet feed, oats, corn, eggs and chickens, 24 pound sacks of flour at 1.65, indicating high prices and available stock for local growers.
Advertisement notes paper ads will be published and charged until ordered out. It lists groceries feed dry goods and shoes available and invites readers to trade produce for goods or cash, urging readers to choose between options.
Farmers fall behind as rain stalls crops while town travelers and visitors grace the weekend. Martha Catshall and daughter Oma stay with Charlie Hudson family, Maxwell and McCulloch households host, Lillie McCulloch visits Bettie Merrill who is ill, and Lawrence and Clarence Catshall from Iuka stop by. Singing at Thornburg’s drew a large crowd. Ernest Hurst of Arkansas visits friends, Jeff Brown from Eastport spent the night at home. Vidette Rose signs off with best wishes to readers. Singer marketplace promotes high quality sewing machines from Best and Sewing Machine Co Corinth. Sam P Aero advertises furniture and cooling goods. Local produce sellers offered top prices for quick turnover.
195 acre farm with best saw mill site in the county at Hazard four miles west of Iuka Mississippi. For terms and prices contact owner J L Dean Route 4 Tuka. Also an advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters at $1.25 per bottle promoted as a tonic by J C Jordan's Drug Store Special Agent.
Notice states July 7 1a sale of Paden Road District bonds in Tishomingo County Mississippi for 30000 with 500 denominations at not more than 6 percent interest paid semi annually. Bid minimum equals par plus accrued interest, purchaser deposits 1000 certified check, Board may reject bids. Dated June 6 1919 BE A Payne Clerk.
An old advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a stomach and liver aid for men, priced at 1.25 per bottle. It notes J. C. Jourdan's Drug Store as a special agent and ends with Masry Bros promoting country produce prices.
A Farmers Warehouse notice from T. M. McDonalo promotes buying on hand stock of flour, shorts, lard, and other goods to merchants and Farmers Union. He argues that trading at home saves freight and supports county prosperity, offering to meet any price.
A note states Mr. H L Moser is confined at home this week due to illness. The item humorously adds no use worrying about a hen that won’t lay or set, and offers to ship her out of the country if brought in.
Will Brown returns cash to town through sales to friends who aided his rise. Massey Bros Tam acts for Gaftney & Co Corinth auto dealers offering Ford cars now. H D Hubbard recovers from illness. Lona and Brown announce an auction of merchandise to the highest bidder, credit or cash.
An advertisement urges readers to start now with Prickly Ash Bitters to purify blood liver and bowels and avoid a breakdown during a busy season. Priced at 1.25 per bottle from J C Jourdan’s Drug Store. Also notes Mrs J D McRae’s Memphis Cotton Plant Ark Bubalia Miss visit. W S Brown promotes a large men’s and boys clothing selection at discount prices claiming Bargain House status to attract customers.
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